Only when the paid promo is done by an "IR company."
Which many of those kinds of promoters have gone out of business due to the new style, direct contact/emails/PMs. Haven't you noticed how many "news alerts" are no longer around?
Laws are broken every day by promoters and even share selling scheme CEO's but under the protection of forward looking statements which gives the insiders an "out."
However, it offers no protection to those that "get the word out."
Aaron secretly moves RightSmule to Wyoming, increases the AS by 25.65B just 3 months before all the "new found attention" that started in Jan. of this year and they would be surprised?
Each "new CEO with a new company and a new business plan" in the last 5 years has been a setup for each share selling scheme.
They knew exactly what they were doing each time and IMO the depositions still to come will add fuel to the fire.